Here is someone working for the ABC, from a Labor background as Hawke’s press secretary, who has written about the rise and fall of a Labor Prime Minister with all the distortions and omissions worthy of the most disingenuous right wing hack.

It’s the reality of what home grown terrorism is really like, compared to how it has been presented by the government and the press over the last few months, that led to a toning down of expectations and an enquiry after such a terrorist event actually occurred.